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The Thought of Norea is a Sethian Gnostic text. It is the second of three treatises in Codex IX of the Nag Hammadi library texts, taking up pages 27–29 of the codex's 74 pages.[1] The text consists of only 52 lines,[2] making it one of the shortest treatises in the entire library.[3] The work is untitled; editor Birger A. Pearson created the title from the phrase "the thought of Norea" (Sahidic Coptic: ⲦⲚⲞⲎⲤⲒⲤ Ⲛ̅ⲚⲞⲢⲈⲀ) that appears in the final sentence of the text.[4] The text expands Norea's plea for deliverance from the archons in Hypostasis of the Archons.[4] It is divided into four parts: an invocation, Norea's cry and deliverance, her activity in the Pleroma, and salvation.
- ^ Meyer & Robinson 1977, p. XIV.
- ^ Pearson & Giversen 1981, p. 87.
- ^ Pearson & Giversen 1981, p. 404.
- ^ a b Minov, Sergey (2010). Noah and the Flood in Gnosticism (PDF). Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. p. 230. Retrieved 27 June 2023.